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That's good to hear about your mom Leslie. I know it was a tough decision for her and hard to watch. I too hope she can accept the help she needs in the house. I can confirm that a wheelchair is a great relief, as I have one (hopefully temporarily in my case - long story - my funky walking stick wasn't cutting it any more), and once I'd had my little cry about needing it, I felt like a queen being pushed around the swannery and the gardens and actually enjoying them rather than finding every step a struggle :) If hers is motorised and under her control, then she'll find it a powerful aid to independence I think. Likewise if she has someone doing at least some of her chores, she can use that energy (which sadly can get to be in short supply) for the things she loves to do.
Laura - excellent news about your daughter. What a relief for you all :)
Heather - Oxford is so expensive. I know we've chatted about this before. (All I could ever afford in my youth there was one room!) But I'm sure you and your boyfriend will be able to organise something, when you get the time to spend on it.In the meantime, have a ball in Barbados! Wonderful! I'm off to my caravan (wheelchair folded up in the back of the car!) in about a week's time, but hope for similar weather in Dorset :)
Jean wrote: "Heather - Oxford is so expensive. I know we've chatted about this before. (All I could ever afford in my youth there was one room!) But I'm sure you and your boyfriend will be able to organise some..."
Thank you Jean. Sorry to hear you are now needing a wheelchair, hope you see an improvement soon. Please message me on here/email if you want to chat! Have a lovely time in Dorset, I will send some sunny thoughts your way!
Oxford is very expensive but I have found a flat currently. The asking price is way too high so I am putting in a low offer and keeping my fingers crossed. My first was rejected but that is to be expected!
Thank you Jean. Sorry to hear you are now needing a wheelchair, hope you see an improvement soon. Please message me on here/email if you want to chat! Have a lovely time in Dorset, I will send some sunny thoughts your way!
Oxford is very expensive but I have found a flat currently. The asking price is way too high so I am putting in a low offer and keeping my fingers crossed. My first was rejected but that is to be expected!
You've found one!!! Great news ... good luck! And thanks, Heather :) I'll soon be back in my "happy place" watching all the cygnets hatch. There are 100 nests with eggs in - we saw them a few weeks ago.
Thanks all! Jean wrote: "Likewise if she has someone doing at least some of her chores, she can use that energy (which sadly can get to be in short supply) for the things she loves to do."
That was exactly the reasoning that the staff used when they suggested having an aide, Jean! Sorry to hear that you are temporarily wheelchair-bound but much better than suffering while hobbling about.
Thanks Leslie, and hopefully your mum will now be able to kindle her old interests - or maybe even start up some new ones!Mods, is the previous post to Leslie's spam, by the way?
I have deleted that post as it was spam but I also really really stupidly deleted the post above my accident so I am so so sorry to whoever that was. Unfortunately goodreads does not have any easy way to undo mistakes and deleting is just one click!
I'm so sorry everybody
I'm so sorry everybody
Jean wrote: "Thanks Leslie, and hopefully your mum will now be able to kindle her old interests - or maybe even start up some new ones!
Mods, is the previous post to Leslie's spam, by the way?"
Jean, I think it was your post looking back through the replies. Again, I am really really sorry!
Mods, is the previous post to Leslie's spam, by the way?"
Jean, I think it was your post looking back through the replies. Again, I am really really sorry!
Jean - I love Dorset (it’s the only part of England I’ve ever really seen). I haven’t gone to Swanage but there are many lovely places in Dorset.I hope you have nice weather and enjoy yourself.
Heather A BIG THANK YOU for your advice about the care home system in England. My Mother-in-Law is happily settled in a home in Dorchester. The web site you recommended was very useful for finding it and helped us plan our discussion with her G.P.thanks for removing the spam - sometimes excisions take some of the good with the bad ;-)
I’m so glad to hear it, Joan. That must be a relief and I hope your mother in law is very happy where she is
Heather - Please don't worry! I'm not sure, but it may have been where I was expressing my happiness that Laura's daughter is OK.So again, Laura, I'm so relieved and pleased for you all :)
LauraT wrote: "Thanks all! Next blood test on this coming thursday. I'll let you know"Laura, so glad to hear your daughter is improving. Fingers crossed for her next blood test.
Leslie, that's great news! Hope your mom is receptive towards having the aide.
Jean wrote: "That's good to hear about your mom Leslie. I know it was a tough decision for her and hard to watch. I too hope she can accept the help she needs in the house. I can confirm that a wheelchair is a ..."Nice to see you posting again!
I'm sorry to hear about your health issues, but I feel that you are facing them as usual with a smile and in a positive way.
Joan wrote: "Heather A BIG THANK YOU for your advice about the care home system in England. My Mother-in-Law is happily settled in a home in Dorchester. The web site you recommended was very useful for finding ..."Great news, and great that Heather could help you. With tremendous speed you have tackled this. I hope she remains happy there.
I wonder sometimes how I will mange if I ever have to live with a bunch of people.
Great news about your mother in law, Joan. I'm glad she's happily settled.Heather, wow, you've found a flat! Fingers crossed for you! Keep us posted, if you like.
Jean, I can certainly understand your frustration and anger and tears shed in resorting to a wheelchair. Your attitude is so, so very good. My fingers are crossed for you.
Laura, glad to hear of your daughter's improvement.
Leslie, glad to hear that your Mom has accepted help. Older people can be stubborn.
I've received a strange friendship request here by a user who answered my challenge question in rather a peculiar way, stating I could find Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family on a website, for which he provided a shortened url. Obviously I didn't click on it, and when I opened Goodreads (I had previously seen his request on my email) I couldn't find his request anywhere, so I guess someone flagged this user as a spammer or the like. I thought I'd warn you all about such requests, so you don't click on such urls or even accept the request.
Jean wrote: "Thanks dely and Chrissie :)"You are in my thoughts, Jean. Take care of yourself!
Marina wrote: "I've received a strange friendship request here by a user who answered my challenge question in rather a peculiar way, stating I could find Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family on a w..."Thanks for the warning, Marina.
Laura--I'm so glad to hear about your daughter's improvement!!
Marina wrote: "I've received a strange friendship request here by a user who answered my challenge question in rather a peculiar way, stating I could find Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family on a w..."I've had four or five of these in less than a week. I wondered what was going on. Two of them were identical except for the names and I got them at the same time!
I have been having these free book offers with friend requests too. The books offered are all different. Some I recognize, some I don't.
Diane and Chrissie, I find this very strange. It only happened to me that one time, so I hope it was an exceptional case. Another issue (or bug?) is that someone found a way to send me a friend request bypassing my challenge question. That was not really a problem since the user's library was interesting so I was happy to add him, but there is a reason if I set up a challenge question. I haven't contacted GR so far because I want to see if it happens again.
Marina, that your challenge question was by passed is a bad sign. So far in the last week I have had 4 strange friend requests offering free books.
Chrissie wrote: "Marina, that your challenge question was by passed is a bad sign. So far in the last week I have had 4 strange friend requests offering free books."That's quite a lot for a week only.
Going to Manhattan today with my husband by train. I love train rides and when I was little, we used to take them all of the time. When I got older I took the subway. A whole new world. We will begin our day in the city at the Morgan Library which for a reader is an awesome experience. The library which has been remodeled recently houses Morgan's original library which was never touched during the renovation. The last time I was there they had an exhibit on Edgar Alan Poe and J.D Salinger. Afterwards we will have lunch at a New York Deli which used to be in my childhood neighborhood. The deli moved uptown several years ago but we've never been. Then we will walk around and pop into some of the stores and meet friends for dinner. As they say, I love New York.
Nancy from NJ wrote: "Going to Manhattan today with my husband by train. I love train rides and when I was little, we used to take them all of the time. When I got older I took the subway. A whole new world. We will beg..."That sounds like a really fun day planned. You have my moth watering at the thought of a New York deli. I love their sour pickles and pastrami on rye isn't bad either. NYC is a fantastic place, but I do not think I would choose to live in the city again. I both like the country AND big cities. It is the suburbs that drive me nuts.
Nancy from NJ wrote: "Going to Manhattan today with my husband by train. I love train rides and when I was little, we used to take them all of the time. When I got older I took the subway. A whole new world. We will beg..."When I finally take a trip to New York I will be asking you for recommendations!
I'm with you, Chrissie. Country or city for me. Hope you had a great time, Nancy.
I guess Nancy has left, and we are all thinking about the fun she is having!
Diane S ☔ wrote: "I'm with you, Chrissie. Country or city for me. Hope you had a great time, Nancy."Another thing we share.
Nancy from NJ wrote: "Going to Manhattan today with my husband by train. I love train rides and when I was little, we used to take them all of the time. When I got older I took the subway. A whole new world. We will beg..."This sounds like a lovely trip! Enjoy!
Hope you have a wonderful day , Nancy. New York City is a fabulous place , so much to see and do and just walking around is fun. We go from time to time when we visit my sister in law who lives in Queens. Love it but could never live there .
Chrissie wrote: "Marina, that your challenge question was by passed is a bad sign. So far in the last week I have had 4 strange friend requests offering free books."Chrissie, I think Sandi addresses this issue/problem/scam with her PM of today's date.
I grew up in Manhattan in the East Village and always felt I had s terrific childhoods since there was so much to do and see. People often wondered how a child could grow up in the city but many of us did. But we raised our daughter in the suburbs and after college she lived in the city till she got married. Today she also lives in the suburbs and feels she had the best of both worlds.If any of you find yourselves in the city, please let me know and I will be happy to take you around.
Great article on how real books are triumphing over ebooks: https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...
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My sister visited New York last year and was surprised at how polite the locals were and how clean the city was. Her only problem was the amount of walking she did, and she has terrible arthritis in her hip.
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I enjoyed reading that, I have noticed that I have bought more paperbacks than e-books lately, the only ones I get nowadays are either free through the kindle prime scheme they do where you can pick a free book out of five or six or through netgalley.com. To me, you spend money on books and I like to see that in my shelves.
My son has graduated from high school (the ceremony was today and he graduated from his music prep school yesterday), so perhaps I'll have more time to be around this summer.B the BookAddict wrote: "Great article on how real books are triumphing over ebooks: https://www.theguardian.com/books/201..."
I'm not surprised--there's nothing like a real book and you don't need wifi or a modem.
Karin, congratulations to you and your son. A milestone passed. I hope the months ahead will offer you some relaxation.
B the BookAddict wrote: "Great article on how real books are triumphing over ebooks: https://www.theguardian.com/books/201..."Great article, although I don't agree with what the author says. I admit it's very subjective, though. I have no interest in beautiful-looking books, although I might admire them in a bookshop from time to time - but I very, very rarely buy them. Probably the only beautiful books I own are S., which you wouldn't be able to fully appreciate other than on paper, and a couple of hundred-year-old books sent to me as a present by a friend, who in turn had them for free from a neighbor who was getting rid of unwanted books.
I can't really say I prefer ebooks over paper books, although I have to admit that I tend to buy more ebooks than paper books. That's because they're often (not always) cheaper, free when they're in the public domain (and I've been reading a lot of classics lately), easier to bring around with me, easier to read in bed, easier to read when there isn't much light. Still, I buy paper books when I find them very cheap in second-hand online bookshops. I may buy the occasional full price paper book from time to time.
Karin wrote: "My son has graduated from high school (the ceremony was today and he graduated from his music prep school yesterday), so perhaps I'll have more time to be around this summer."Congratulations! He studied so hard and certainly deserved his success!
I'm on antibiotics again. Last Thursday I got a sting on my neck by an unknown insect (wasn't able to see it, it must have been a flying one), which swelled and hurt a lot. The lymph node swelled, too, and the muscle was aching big time. Luckily I didn't get an allergic reaction in that I was able to breathe normally. But my doctor says there is an infection, so antibiotics it is. I'm not very happy, since antibiotics with this hot weather is not nice.
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That is also good news, Leslie. I am sure she will realise the aid will help once she has tried for a short period